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What is Quishing? Ultimate QR Code Phishing Prevention Guide

How quishing is being used in attacks, what these threats look like in the wild and best practices for avoiding them.

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8 Social Engineering Defense Strategies (with Dr. Jessica Barker)

Stop deepfake, smishing & vishing scams with 8 proven tactics: Feel→Slow→Verify→Act, no approvals in live calls, out-of-band callbacks, and a reporting culture.

The art and chaos of starting a new leadership position

Fantasy football can teach us how to learn stop worrying and love the art and chaos of starting a new leadership position.

Why the Wall Street Journal got it wrong: Phishing simulations work when done right

Recent research published in the wall street was correct: bad phishing simulations produce bad results. So what now?

CISO Fantasy Phish Bowl 2025: Week 1. Game on!

The CISO Fantasy Phish Bowl 2025 brings together some old friends and new joiners. There's one heavy absence: Shawn Bowen, to whom this year's Phish Bowl is dedicated. Here's to you, Shawn!

Phishing Simulation Best Practices: 2025 Playbook

Phishing simulation best practices with real case results from Bird & Bird - ethical lures, instant feedback, and KPIs that drive reporting.

Best Phishing Simulation Tools for Enterprises (2025 Edition)

Best phishing simulation tools for enterprises (2025) - AI-powered, gamified platforms with multi-vector realism, SOC integrations, and risk dashboards.

The art and chaos of starting a new leadership position

Fantasy football can teach us how to learn stop worrying and love the art and chaos of starting a new leadership position.

Why the Wall Street Journal got it wrong: Phishing simulations work when done right

Recent research published in the wall street was correct: bad phishing simulations produce bad results. So what now?

CISO Fantasy Phish Bowl 2025: Week 1. Game on!

The CISO Fantasy Phish Bowl 2025 brings together some old friends and new joiners. There's one heavy absence: Shawn Bowen, to whom this year's Phish Bowl is dedicated. Here's to you, Shawn!

Phishing Simulation Best Practices: 2025 Playbook

Phishing simulation best practices with real case results from Bird & Bird - ethical lures, instant feedback, and KPIs that drive reporting.

Best Phishing Simulation Tools for Enterprises (2025 Edition)

Best phishing simulation tools for enterprises (2025) - AI-powered, gamified platforms with multi-vector realism, SOC integrations, and risk dashboards.

10 Cybersecurity Awareness Month Ideas (2025): Activities & Tips

Cybersecurity Awareness Month ideas that work: run a focused 10-day campaign, launch phishing simulations, boost MFA adoption, and use our 2025 toolkit.

Cybersecurity awareness training and cyber insurance

Cybersecurity awareness training has become crucial to getting cyber insurance and lowering premiums in 2021. That trend will continue to grow.

The real cost of phishing in 2021

What is the real cost of phishing in 2021? The answers will surprise you. Especially cyber insurance; premiums have exploded while in the industry has imploded.

Mastering Cybersecurity Risk Management, with David X Martin

David X Martin is one of the world’s leading authorities on risk management and cybersecurity. Here he discusses the ideas and experiences behind the genesis of his latest book.

The Difference Between Measured & True Risk Of Phishing

The difference between measured risk and true risk of a phishing attack breach is based on user engagement, and the difference is critical to resilience.

CISO: From Business Blocker Nerd To Rockstar Enabler

CISOs need the soft skills and business expertise to shake hands with the board and high five the C-suite in their role's evolution to business enablers

Cybersecurity in a hybrid work environment

The hybrid work environment is here to stay and security teams must face its unique challenges with great technical controls and training.

How Yu-kai Chou's Gamification Framework Revolutionized Security Awareness Training

Here's how integrating Yu-kai Chou's Octalysis Gamification and Behavioral Design Framework into cybersecurity training can dramatically improve user engagement and resilience.

Attack Simulation Training: Hoxhunt vs Microsoft Defender

Wondering which attack simulation training is best for your team? Get a full breakdown of Hoxhunt vs. Microsoft Defender to make an informed decision.

How to Influence Security Behaviors: Insights from "The Human Element" Webinar Series

Maxime Cartier recaps the webinar series, "The Human Element: The Science Behind Influencing Security Behaviors" and key learnings of the intricacies of human behavior in reducing cybersecurity risk.

Measuring True Risk is the key to unlocking human risk management and cybersecurity behavior change

The differences between old school awareness training and modern security behavior change are revealed in measuring true risk managing human risk

Infographic: Gamification in the workplace

Gamification helps the end user understand that their actions matter, and that every click they make can have an effect.

What is behavioural cybersecurity?

Practice makes perfect. Especially when something as important as cybersecurity is on the line.

HR payroll phishing scam

A recent email scam trend impersonates employees to ask HR to switch their bank deposit details, and redirect payments to the scammer's account.

Dawn of the undead king of malware, Emotet

Emotet, “The king of malware,” is one of the decade’s worst botnets. The feds killed it. Now it's back. Beware the undead king of malware, Emotet.

Summer Email Scam Trend: Out of Office and Read Receipt Phishing

Summer OOO messages are like chum in the water for bad actors' BEC-inspired, little-known but dangerous Out of Office and Read Receipt phishing attacks

PayPal phishing email scams 2021: How to stay off the hook

PayPal phishing email scams exploit online shoppers' trust of the iconic brand, built by the PayPal Mafia's founding fathers, Peter Thiel and Elon Musk.

Big money spear phish campaign on the loose

A clever spear phishing campaign has resurfaced around the globe. It can bilk millions from victims in just a few hours of scam emails with imposters.

Emotional Trigger Phish—Off the Hook

Emotionally triggering email attacks remain on the rise for attackers, who have seen the pandemic's potency for converting emotional distress into success.

Report: SaaS permissions leave huge amounts of data exposed

Your SaaS suite is leaving your backdoor open. Here's how to fix it.

Log4J Log4Shell vulnerability explained

Log4J Log4Shell vulnerability explained to help you understand what it is and how to stay protected

Default Guest settings Azure AD

A security vulnerability was recently reported in the default guest permissions of Microsoft Azure Active Directory. Here’s how to fix it and stay safe from attackers.

External email warning banner phish

This phishing email was sent from outside the organization but is replacing the Caution! External Sender banner with a safe sender banner.

Update regarding the Apple iOS Mail App Vulnerability

Apple just recently confirmed the most significant vulnerability in iOS history after ZecOps made a public announcement about their discovery of a security flaw.

iOS Mail App Security Flaw

According to security researchers, the iOS mail app, which is the email client that can be found on most Apple iPhones and iPads, has a severe security flaw making it vulnerable to attacks.

8 Social Engineering Defense Strategies (with Dr. Jessica Barker)

Stop deepfake, smishing & vishing scams with 8 proven tactics: Feel→Slow→Verify→Act, no approvals in live calls, out-of-band callbacks, and a reporting culture.

Is Your Social Engineering Training Actually Working?

Your ultimate guide to the process behind social engineering training and all of the tips and know-how you need to ensure your training successfully changes behavior.

Vishing Attacks Surge 442%: Here's How We're Simulating Them

Vishing attacks are spiking, and they’re powered by AI voice clones and social engineering. Here's how to prevent vishing with real-world tactics and simulation-based training.

Advertisers Beware—How Scammers Are Getting Into Your Ad Accounts

From Spear-Phishing, to Credential Harvesting, To Possible Ad Fraud. Keep Reading To Find Out How This Story Unfolded and How You Can Avoid Getting Caught.

Social engineers are targeting social media accounts

We're seeing an uptick in social engineers targeting social media accounts

The good, the bad, and the ugly about browser fingerprinting

Now that cookies are on their way out, a much sneakier way of identifying you is on its way in.